São Paulo, Brazil (2009 - Present)

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Maria Gadú (São Paulo, Brazil 1986), is a Brazilian singer of mpb, songwriter and guitarist .

She has been nominated twice for a Latin Grammy Award. She released her first album in 2009, self-titled Maria Gadú. Her single "Shimbalaie" became a number one hit in Italy during summer 2011, staying atop the FIMI chart for five straight weeks.

Begins to play as a child, and after having learned the basics for reading the musical notation, seven years later she begun to record songs on cassette tapes. Her real musical training begins at the age of thirteen, when she began to give concerts in the bars of Sao Paulo, playing music by Adoniran Barbosa, Marisa Monte and Chico Buarque.

At the age of twenty she began to sing on television and she signed a recording contract with Rio Slap the label to make his first album.

Tecnopapiro
Maria Gadú Lyrics

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Perdão mãe
Se a vida virou um mundo de botão
Se a tela espia nossa solidão
Se digitei errado pra você

Me dê mãe
Tua caligrafia meia dois
A pauta inteira pra eu saber depois

Se eu não compartilhar teu sol num papiro

Analógica você
Cartas num papel de pão
Teu aroma de vinil
Me inspira

Analógica você
Cartas num papel de pão
Teu aroma de vinil
Me inspira

Cadê mãe?
Aquela Barsa que atirou em mim
Monstro ao lado da história sem fim
Um telegrama pro e-mail errado

Fudeu, né?
Vou te ligar de dentro do avião
Pra te dizer que o meu velho pião
Tecnoroda nos meus sonhos antigos

Analógica você
Cartas num papel de pão
Teu aroma de vinil
Me inspira

Analógica você
Cartas num papel de pão
Teu aroma de vinil
Me inspira

Calei mãe

Já fiz download do teu coração
Já imprimi teu mapa astral no meu

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Maria Gadú's song "Tecnopapiro" touch on themes of nostalgia, the contrast between analog and digital communication, and the longing for a simpler time. The song starts with the singer asking for forgiveness from her mother, acknowledging that life has become a world controlled by buttons and screens, and she may have made mistakes while typing messages to her. She then asks her mother to give her a handwritten note so she can later understand the significance of not sharing her mother's warmth and love through a digital medium.

The chorus emphasizes the singer's admiration for her mother's analog ways, describing her as "analog," referencing her handwritten letters on paper and the scent of vinyl records that inspire her. The singer then asks where her mother is, mentioning an encyclopedia (Barsa) that shot her, symbolizing the overwhelming information of the digital age and its detachment from personal history. She mentions sending a telegram to the wrong email address, highlighting the confusion and disconnection that can arise from relying solely on digital communication.

Realizing the limitations of the digital world, the singer humorously suggests calling her mother from inside an airplane to convey that her father's old spinning top (pião) still appears in her nostalgic dreams. The song concludes with the singer admitting that she's obtained a digital copy of her mother's heart and printed out her astrological chart, but even so, she recognizes the irreplaceable value of analog communication and the inspiration it brings.

Line by Line Meaning

Perdão mãe
I apologize, mother

Se a vida virou um mundo de botão
If life has become a world of buttons

Se a tela espia nossa solidão
If the screen spies on our loneliness

Se digitei errado pra você
If I typed wrong for you

Me dê mãe
Give me, mother

Tua caligrafia meia dois
Your handwriting half two

A pauta inteira pra eu saber depois
The whole staff for me to know later

Se eu não compartilhar teu sol num papiro
If I don't share your sun on a papyrus

Analógica você
You're analog

Cartas num papel de pão
Letters on bread paper

Teu aroma de vinil
Your vinyl scent